Employee empowerment and organizational performance

Abstract

The study examined the influence of employee empowerment on organizational performance. A case of Sseke secondary school Kinoni Town Council Lwengo district. It was guided by three research objectives which were; to examine the influence of training on organizational performance, to examine the influence of autonomy on organizational performance and to examine the influence of employee participation on organizational performance. The study used a cross sectional survey design with both qualitative and quantitative results. The study population involved teachers, head teachers and their deputies, bursars and administrators. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. In data analysis, Means and Standard Deviations, correlations and regressions were used to show the magnitude of the effect the independent variables have on the dependent variable. The study findings revealed that training had a positive significant relationship on organizational performance with (r=.987**, p=.000). Findings also revealed that employee autonomy significantly affects organizational performance (r=.977**, p=.000). Also it was found out that there is a positive significant relationship between employee participation and organizational performance (r=.989**, p=.000). It was therefore concluded that: There is generally employee empowerment in government aided schools. Sseke secondary school ltd have endeavored to put in place ways of how to empower the autonomy of employees at different levels in their schools. However this is not sufficient enough to enable them to fully deploy their participation at work. Most employees do not feel their self-worthiness as a result of working in the school. It was therefore recommended that there is need to revitalize the different sources of income like PTA in these schools, involve all departments in training and skills development and emphasize aspects like delegation and rotation of different roles in the school.